Iran will not reinstate its ambassador to Bahrain: Deputy FM

Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian says the Islamic Republic has no plan to reinstate its ambassador to Manama following Bahrainâ€™s move to send back its envoy to Tehran.

â€œThe return of Bahrainâ€™s ambassador to Tehran is the decision of the Bahraini establishment but Iran will make no decision to reinstate its ambassador to Manama as long as [the Bahraini regimeâ€™s] repression of the Bahraini Muslim people continues,â€ Amir-Abdollahian said in an interview with Iran's Arabic-language news channel Al-Alam on Friday.

He emphasized that only a political approach based on negotiations would stop the violence in Bahrain.

He hoped that the Bahraini regime would put an end to the military situation in the Persian Gulf country, prepare the ground for dialogue with regard to the democratic demands of the people, and stop using lethal weapons against the Bahrainis.

Bahrain's Information Affairs Authority said on Monday that the countryâ€™s Ambassador to Tehran Rashid al-Dossary returned to his post in Iran on Saturday.

Bahrain recalled its ambassador from Tehran on March 15, 2011.

Following the military intervention of Saudi Arabia in Bahrain and the massacre of innocent protesters, the Islamic Republic recalled its Ambassador to Manama Mehdi Aqa-Jafari in mid-March, 2011.

Tehran has repeatedly condemned the Saudi invasion of Bahrain launched to help ruling Al Khalifa regime quash popular protests there.